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Summerfield Boat Works Logo. Summerfield Boat Works was a boat yard along the New River in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from 1930 to 2006. [1] The boat yard was named after Hank Summerfield who traded a sloop for the property in 1940. [2] In 1960, Summerfield died, but the facility remained family owned. [3]
Chaparral Boats (originally Fiberglass Fabricators) was founded in 1965 by William "Buck" Pegg and Reggie Rose in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. The company's bellwether boat at the time was the 15-ft Tri-Hull with a sticker price of $675. [1] Although the tri-hull was discontinued in the early 1980s, many remain in commission today.
Museums in Fort Lauderdale, Florida (17 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Fort Lauderdale, Florida" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total.
In 1911, the Florida Board of Trade passed a resolution that called for a deep-water port. The port was originally intended to ship produce to the North and the West. In 1913, the Fort Lauderdale Harbor Company was formed and eventually dug out the Lake Mabel Cut, which opened the New River to the sea and created access for small boats. [6]
LYC and SORC runs five Regattas today, together with the Storm Trysail Club, the Fort Lauderdale to Key West Race. [6] LYC hosts annually the Ron Payne Memorial Regatta in the Snipe class after renaming the annual former Snipe Ocean Regatta in 2004 to honor active member of the Snipe Class and the Lauderdale Yacht Club Ronald Bruce Payne. [7]
These boats are also known as "megayachts", "gigayachts" and even "terayachts", usually depending on length. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It has been generally accepted by naval architects and industry executives that superyachts range from 37 m (≈120 ft) to 60 m (≈200 ft), while those over 60 m are known as megayachts and boats over 90 m (≈300 ft) have ...